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Revisiting <em>Crate Raiderz</em>: An important documentation of Philly’s deep vinyl culture
From the culture’s very beginning, hip-hop has had a deep connection with vinyl records. Through sampling and DJing, records are literally a part of…
From the culture’s very beginning, hip-hop has had a deep connection with vinyl records. Through sampling and DJing, records are literally a part of…
Revisiting <em>Crate Raiderz</em>: An important documentation of Philly’s deep vinyl culture
From the culture’s very beginning, hip-hop has had a deep connection with vinyl records. Through sampling and DJing, records are literally a part of…
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Perfecting the Sound of DIY: Evan Bernard’s approach in reimagining the small room
A dedicated player in the Philly DIY scene for years, Evan Bernard’s appeal is how he’s always choosing carefully. As an engineer, he boasts…
A dedicated player in the Philly DIY scene for years, Evan Bernard’s appeal is how he’s always choosing carefully. As an engineer, he boasts…
Perfecting the Sound of DIY: Evan Bernard’s approach in reimagining the small room
A dedicated player in the Philly DIY scene for years, Evan Bernard’s appeal is how he’s always choosing carefully. As an engineer, he boasts…
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Behind The Scene: Demystifying mastering with Ryan Schwabe, Heather Jones, and Elaine Rasnake
Behind The Scene is a new series which attempts to bring focus to the overlooked aspects of the Philadelphia music community. This is a collection…
Behind The Scene is a new series which attempts to bring focus to the overlooked aspects of the Philadelphia music community. This is a collection…
Behind The Scene: Demystifying mastering with Ryan Schwabe, Heather Jones, and Elaine Rasnake
Behind The Scene is a new series which attempts to bring focus to the overlooked aspects of the Philadelphia music community. This is a collection…
Recordings
Lucy Dacus releases her much-anticipated new single “Thumbs”
Lucy Dacus‘ new single “Thumbs” has been in the works for awhile. Dacus wrote the song a few years ago — it came to…
Lucy Dacus‘ new single “Thumbs” has been in the works for awhile. Dacus wrote the song a few years ago — it came to…
Lucy Dacus releases her much-anticipated new single “Thumbs”
Lucy Dacus‘ new single “Thumbs” has been in the works for awhile. Dacus wrote the song a few years ago — it came to…
Recordings
Watch Kurt Vile play at AKA Music in March of 2011 with The War on Drugs’ Adam Granduciel on guitar
“You guys are our people, Philly,” Kurt Vile tells the crowd at AKA Music. “As if you didn’t know.” The scene is the exposed…
“You guys are our people, Philly,” Kurt Vile tells the crowd at AKA Music. “As if you didn’t know.” The scene is the exposed…
Watch Kurt Vile play at AKA Music in March of 2011 with The War on Drugs’ Adam Granduciel on guitar
“You guys are our people, Philly,” Kurt Vile tells the crowd at AKA Music. “As if you didn’t know.” The scene is the exposed…
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The Skeleton Key: March comes in like a lion with 24 hours of techno, the Night of 1,000 Kates, a Gene Shay birthday party, and a bunch of Bandcamp Friday recs including new Soul Glo
I’m not going to say that I’m feeling optimistic about things, cause I’m not, but now, one year into this horrible mess, I at…
I’m not going to say that I’m feeling optimistic about things, cause I’m not, but now, one year into this horrible mess, I at…
The Skeleton Key: March comes in like a lion with 24 hours of techno, the Night of 1,000 Kates, a Gene Shay birthday party, and a bunch of Bandcamp Friday recs including new Soul Glo
I’m not going to say that I’m feeling optimistic about things, cause I’m not, but now, one year into this horrible mess, I at…
Recordings
Japanese Breakfast’s new song “Be Sweet” has a Mulder-and-Scully themed video co-starring Mannequin Pussy’s Marisa Dabice; new album <em>Jubilee</em> out in June
Japanese Breakfast announced this morning that their latest album, Jubilee, comes out this June on Dead Oceans Records — and the lead single might…
Japanese Breakfast announced this morning that their latest album, Jubilee, comes out this June on Dead Oceans Records — and the lead single might…
Japanese Breakfast’s new song “Be Sweet” has a Mulder-and-Scully themed video co-starring Mannequin Pussy’s Marisa Dabice; new album <em>Jubilee</em> out in June
Japanese Breakfast announced this morning that their latest album, Jubilee, comes out this June on Dead Oceans Records — and the lead single might…
Hip Hop 50
That time the <em>N.M.E.</em> came to Philly in ’87 to document Rap’s New Wave
Today, the story of the birth of hip-hop culture is well established and widely known. The tale of how DJ Kool Herc and his…
Today, the story of the birth of hip-hop culture is well established and widely known. The tale of how DJ Kool Herc and his…
That time the <em>N.M.E.</em> came to Philly in ’87 to document Rap’s New Wave
Today, the story of the birth of hip-hop culture is well established and widely known. The tale of how DJ Kool Herc and his…
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Music+Art: Kingsley Ibeneche on Meg Saligman’s Philadelphia Muses
Philadelphia is a music-rich city and a trove of visual art, from graffiti pier to the Clothespin to our massive collection of Impressionists in…
Philadelphia is a music-rich city and a trove of visual art, from graffiti pier to the Clothespin to our massive collection of Impressionists in…
Music+Art: Kingsley Ibeneche on Meg Saligman’s Philadelphia Muses
Philadelphia is a music-rich city and a trove of visual art, from graffiti pier to the Clothespin to our massive collection of Impressionists in…